The new Pennsylvania law regarding clearances for volunteers is in effect as of July 1, 2016. It is very important that ALL parents visit the webpage set up by the U-CF School District to determine whether or not they need clearances. There is no cost for the PA Child Abuse History Clearance or the PA State Police Criminal Report. If you have lived in PA longer than 10 years, you do not have to get the FBI Background Check, but you must sign a waiver form. If you have lived in PA less than 10 years, you must have an FBI Background Check and there is a charge for that.

Whether or not you need state mandated clearances, the District requires ALL volunteers to fill out a Volunteer Agreement, which may also be found on the above link. The clearances and volunteer agreement must be filed with the main office at Unionville High School. If you have a child in another school in the district and have filed your papers in that school, please notify the UHS office that you have done so. The PTO will not have access to the content of your clearances.

Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our children safe and in following this new Pennsylvania Law.

PTO Practice Tests on September 17th: New SAT and ACT without Essay Option

Take advantage of this PTO offering to prepare to take an Official New SAT or ACT.

Note: Only the NEW SAT and the ACT practice tests are being offered. These practice tests will no longer include the essay portion as 9 out of 10 universities are no longer using the essay portion to determine admission.

Important:Please check with the universities to which you will be applying for admission as the way each university is evaluating applications and standardized tests may have changed with the Collegeboard SAT change. Check school websites or contact their admissions department to understand what is required for admission consideration.

UCFEF partnering with Catalyst Prep for SAT Bootcamp:

Catalyst's SAT Bootcamp is confidence-boosting weekend seminar that teaches students strategies for every type of question they're guaranteed to encounter on the new SAT. Selected topics include how to:

Shortcut math questions that stump more than 90% of test-takers

Spot hidden clues that reveal the main idea in lengthy SAT Reading passages

Avoid the three sneaky ways the SAT's Writing and Language Test tries to trick students

Use a proven template to earn perfect scores in reading, analysis, and writing on the new SAT Essay

Catalyst's SAT Bootcamp is not a mock test or an infomercial for our services. Students learn proven strategies from experts who earned perfect scores on the new SAT. Participants receive 8 hours of instruction, Catalyst's 300-page SAT Bootcamp book, bonus online instruction, and personalized feedback.

Location

Unionville High School

Schedule

Wednesday, September 21st from 4pm-8pm and Saturday, September 24th from 9am - 1pm (students attend both days)

Cost

Just $175 per student ($25 comes back to UCFEF for Senior Scholarships).

For more information or to enroll, visit www.CatalystPrep.com and click the Bootcamp Sign-Up tab on the website's menu bar. The deadline to enroll in this special prep opportunity is Friday, September 16th.

This Event Is Sponsored By The Unionville Chadds Ford Education Foundation!

2016 – 2017 District Directory

This year's directory will be bigger and better than ever. To increase its usefulness (and maybe save a few trees) we will be providing a PDF version of the directory in addition to the printed version.

· The PDF version is free and will be available in PowerSchool in the Parent Portal

· Printed directories will still be available as in the past for a nominal fee of $8.00

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